I used to have an attitude like labmonkey. (Though maybe not as mean. You sound like a crotchity old dude, labmonkey.) My kids started playing soccer and I started to pay attention. Now I watch every game I can. I really think soccer will easily overtake Hockey. Baseball may die of self-inflicted wounds but even if it doesn't I don't know that it can survive the grass roots that soccer has established. American Football will survive as long as it doesn't make the mistakes baseball has. However, football is likely at its peak and I can seriously see soccer equal to a declining NFL in the next 10 years even if the NFL doesn't kill revenue sharing. People who doubt this really need to look at the country's demographics, changing sports media trends, as well as the popularity soccer has with the under 10 crowd. It really is exciting.

What are you talking about? CMS sets prices. There is very little free market pressure. It has more to do with how much money there is to go around and who controls it We have to keep all those Ortho surgeons fed, you know.